Staff ML Systems Engineer

About Quilter

At Quilter, we are helping electrical engineers save time and accomplish more by automating the tedious and time-consuming task of designing printed circuit boards (PCBs). Our small team is composed of experts in electrical engineering, electromagnetic simulation, ML/AI, and high-performance computing (HPC). We are inventing and leveraging novel techniques to solve the decades-old problem of automating circuit board design where today hundreds of billions of dollars are spent. We have raised $25 million in Series B funding from some of the very best and are charging full-speed toward our goal.

No matter where we come from, we're united by a common vision for the future and a core set of values we think will get us there:

Focus on the mission

Build great things that help humans

Demonstrate grit

Never stop learning

Pursue excellence

We're looking for a Senior or Staff ML Systems Engineer to join Quilter's Placer Team and build the infrastructure that moves research from prototype to production reliably and efficiently.

The Role

The Placer is responsible for automated component placement on PCBs. This role focuses on the systems and infrastructure that support the full ML lifecycle: training pipelines, data generation and cleaning, experiment management, orchestration, serving, A/B testing, and CI/CD.

You'll be building the infrastructure that moves research from prototype to production reliably and efficiently. You'll also play a key role in systems design review and long-range architectural planning as the team scales.

This is a fully distributed team. We expect high autonomy and high ownership.

What Youʼll Do

Design, build, and maintain ML infrastructure across training, evaluation, serving, and monitoring

Own data pipelines including generation, cleaning, validation, and versioning

Build and improve experiment tracking, orchestration, and reproducibility tooling

Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and A/B testing infrastructure

Lead and formalize design review processes across the team

Identify architectural risks early and guide the team toward sustainable systems decisions

What Weʼre Looking For

7+ years of industry experience building and operating ML systems in production

Proven track record as a key player in the success of a production-grade ML system end-to-end

Deep familiarity with training pipelines, serving infrastructure, and experiment management

Strong software engineering fundamentals and systems design sensibility

Experience driving design reviews and improving engineering processes within a team

Comfort operating with high autonomy in ambiguous problem spaces

Experience with GPU-accelerated workloads and orchestration

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Preferred

7+ years of industry experience

Familiarity with ML workflows involving optimization, RL, or combinatorial problems

Experience building infrastructure for small, research-heavy teams

Please note : We are an equal opportunity employer. At this time, we are focused on hiring primarily within the US, with occasional exception to accommodate exceptional talent.

What we offer:

Interesting and challenging work

Competitive salary and equity benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Regular team events and offsites (~4x / year)

Unlimited paid time off

Paid parental leave

Want to learn more about Quilter, our vision, and our investors? Visit our About page and visit our Blog .